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Talking Points: Sleep-deprived teen drivers; Chinese authorities say 'no' to rice; just-miss entry for Darwin Awards
Talking Points
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
What is causing more teens to crash their cars? It's not like teens weren't more accident-prone to start with, but apparently, sleep-deprived teens are worse drivers that sleep-deprived adults. Researchers found that teens experience more impairment in alertness, mood and physical performance...
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Talking Points: Fatherless anteater, delaying Alzheimer's and dementia, man on speeding truck's hood
Talking Points
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
What is the story on the fatherless anteater? One can only assume that Armani, the mother of Archie, the newborn baby anteater at the LEO Zoological Conservation Center in Greenwich, Conn., got pregnant in the usual way -- but it is hard to see how.
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Talking Points: Honeybees, Eurovision song contest, car museum
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
What unlikely activity are honeybees being trained to do in Croatia? The insects are being taught by Croatian researchers to find unexploded land mines. The bees have a good sense of smell, and they are being trained to connect the food that they eat with the scent of TNT. During the Balkan...
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Talking points: Student kidnapper, delivering drugs, potty mouth states
Kate Jacobson
Updated: Sat, May 18, 2013
A student did what to avoid telling his parents he failed? Instead of coming clean about failing an English class, college student Aftab Aslam staged his own kidnapping. The Georgia Gwinnett College student purchased a mobile phone from Target, then texted his parents saying he'd been...
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Talking Points: Venezuelan toilet paper shortage, wearing life jackets to work, coin toss elects mayor
Talking Points
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
What critical necessity does Venezuela have to import? Toilet paper. Venezuela's socialist government said it will import 50 million rolls to boost supplies, following shortages of milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal. Shoppers in the country are having trouble finding toilet paper, with one...
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